The 13 Best Restaurants In New York City

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With 65 Michelin-starred restaurants — seven of which hold three star ratings — and more impressive new establishments opening up year after year, New York City is the gourmand capital of America.

It's easy to see why so many of the places on our list of the 45 Best Restaurants In America are located in New York.

We looked at five notable restaurant rankings compiled by food critics, diners, and experts, and combined these rankings to create the ultimate list of the Best Restaurants. (You can read our complete methodology and see numerical scores here).

We pulled the top New York restaurants from our list, and ranked them here so you can see the best of the Big Apple in one place.

13. Gotham Bar and Grill

12 E. 12th Street

Chef: Alfred Portale

Chef Portale's Gotham Bar & Grill ranked No. 29 on our overall list of The 45 Best Restaurants In America; it also ranked high on The Daily Meal's list and made an appearance on OpenTable's ranking.

A New York fixture, Gotham, which just celebrated its 30th anniversary, makes guests feel as if they're dining in Paris, even when eating from the local Greenmarket prix fixe lunch menu.

12. Del Posto

85 Tenth Avenue

Chef: Mark Ladner

The Daily Meal and OpenTable both included Del Posto on their best-restaurant lists, and it made our overall list at number 27.

Chef Ladner's menu is classically Italian, which makes sense given that it's the love child of restaurateurs Mario Batali and Joe and Lydia Bastianich. Intricate flavors of truffle and bee pollen help to balance the hearty courses, which you can sample for between $126 and $179 on the prix fixe menus.

11. Gramercy Tavern

42 E. 20th Street

Chef: Michael Anthony

Since it opened in 1994, Gramercy Tavern has continued to rank high on New York City restaurant lists. This year it made The Daily Meal and OpenTable lists, and No. 22 on our overall Best Restaurants list.

The restaurant can be enjoyed through two distinct dining experiences: à la carte in the tavern or fixed price in the dining room, which is either $102 (vegetarian) or $120 (non-veg).

10. Momofuku Ko

163 First Avenue

Chef: David Chang

A conversation about New York's culinary scene is incomplete without name-dropping the city's most unlikely superstar, David Chang. The smallest outlet of the Momofuku empire, Momofuku Ko seats guests along a kitchen counter where they're served a tasting menu devised by the chef and his aides-de-camp.

Located in a former bodega, WD~50 is known for its creative molecular gastronomy techniques, and has earned recognition from both The Daily Meal and the James Beard Foundation. WD~50 is No. 18 on our overall list.

The prix fixe menu goes for $155 a person.

8. Marea

240 Central Park South

Chef: Michael White

Marea landed on The Daily Meal and The World's 50 Best Restaurants lists. It's No. 8 in New York, but No. 17 on our list of the 45 Best Restaurants In America.

This high-end Italian seafood restaurant draws influence from the four bodies of water that surround the Italian "boot."

7. NoMad

1170 Broadway

Chef: Daniel Humm

NoMad debuts on our overall list at No. 14, and scores recognition from The Daily Meal and The World's 100 Best Restaurants.

Inspired by chef Humm's time spent in Switzerland, California, and New York City, the restaurant is rooted in the same traditions found at his critically acclaimed Eleven Madison Park.

6. Jean Georges

1 Central Park West

Chef: Jean-Georges Vongerichten

Located in The Trump Hotel on Central Park West, the jewel of chef Vongerichten’s restaurant empire blends French, American, and Asian influences to craft a seasonal, ever-changing menu. It's consistently awarded four stars by The Times and three Michelin stars. On our overall list, Jean Georges ranks a respectable ninth place.

Chef Chang's Momofuku Ssäm Bar also made the list. The restaurateur-rebel opened a cafeteria-style burrito bar in the East Village in 2006, which claims the No. 9 spot on The Daily Meal's list of 101 Best Restaurants, and No. 8 on our overall list.

Momofuku Ssäm Bar, which is now a sit-down, full-service restaurant, specializes in ssäm, a Korean word that means "anything wrapped." Country hams, raw bar items, and off-cuts are staples at the dinner table.

Expect to spend about $50 for dinner.

4. Daniel

60 E. 65th Street

Chef: Daniel Boulud

Named No. 40 on The World's Best Restaurants list, Chef Boulud's eponymous restaurant grabbed the attention of The Daily Meal and OpenTable as well. Located in the heart of Manhattan's Upper East Side, Daniel serves contemporary French cuisine inspired by the seasons and accompanied by world-class wines.

Daniel took the fifth spot on our overall list.

A three-course prix fixe tasting menu for dinner starts at $125.

3. Per Se

10 Columbus Circle

Chef: Thomas Keller

For years, this three-star Michelin restaurant has ruled over the New York City restaurant scene as one of the most coveted dining experiences in town. The "urban interpretation" of chef Keller's The French Laundry, Per Se garners acclaim from The Daily Meal, OpenTable, and The World's 100 Best Restaurants.

The prix fixe menu costs $310 a person.

Earlier this year, Per Se's "grade pending" rating floored the foodie community. After racking up enough points to earn it a "C" from the Department of Health, many called for the city's restaurant-rating system to be revamped. Per Se was No. 4 on our overall list.

2. Eleven Madison Park

11 Madison Avenue

Chef: Daniel Humm

Swiss-born chef Humm earned his first Michelin star at the age of 24, and brought his creative refined cuisine to this New York City restaurant. Eleven Madison Park also took second place on our overall list.

Awarded four stars by The Times, three stars by Michelin, and the Five Diamond Award by AAA, Eleven Madison Park recently ditched its à la carte concept in favor of an elaborate prix fixe tasting extravaganza. The multicourse menu, which focuses on the agricultural offerings of New York, costs $225.

1. Le Bernardin

155 W. 51st Street

Chef: Eric Ripert

Le Bernardin's flagship location, in Paris, opened by sibling duo Maguy and Gilbert Le Coze more than 40 years ago, served only fish — fresh, simple, and prepared with respect. Today, chef Ripert cradles the Le Coze tradition of making fish "the star of the plate" at the internationally acclaimed Le Bernardin in Midtown Manhattan.

This high-end seafood restaurant earned the top spot on The Daily Meal's list of 101 Best Restaurants in America and was ranked No. 22 by The World's Best. Our ranking determined that not only is it the best in New York, but the best in America as well.

The chef's tasting menu starts at $198 a person, and the Le Bernardin-branded tasting menu is a steal at $155.

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